Example sentences of "she [modal v] n't [vb infin] [pron] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She 's got she must n't eat anything with preservatives . |
| 2 | She must n't allow herself to be swayed by emotion . |
| 3 | She should n't mean anything to you at all . ’ |
| 4 | There was anger and hurt deep inside her but she was so stunned by his cruelty that she could n't rouse it in defence of herself . |
| 5 | She could n't explain it to herself . |
| 6 | Acid rose in her throat and , even though she knew her anger was , in truth , directed at Marianne , she could n't prevent it from spilling into her words . |
| 7 | Normally Rory despised sarcasm , but right now she could n't prevent it from creeping into her voice . |
| 8 | She could n't prevent herself from bursting out laughing . |
| 9 | ‘ And missed Nicole 's visit ? ’ she could n't prevent herself from asking any more than she could prevent the edge that had entered her voice . |
| 10 | Her own lips twitched and , even if his smile had n't made it , try as she might , she could n't hold hers in . |
| 11 | Jessamy was so shaken by his quietly spoken reply that she could n't stop herself from over-reacting . |
| 12 | Kate hugged her mother in return , grateful for the warm body contact between them , but she could n't stop herself from crying . |
| 13 | Even in her weary state , she could n't stop herself from wriggling self-consciously . |
| 14 | Equally , she could n't expect them to be psychic and intuit when it was okay . |
| 15 | She found she could n't tell him after all . |
| 16 | One girl whispered that she could n't tell anyone at home , because they used drugs . |
| 17 | She reached for Miguel 's hand , but he must have moved back and she could n't feel him near her . |
| 18 | She could n't feel anything for him . |
| 19 | One pitched out , hitting the ground with a sickening thud ; Erin yelled , trying to hold on , but she fell too , attempting to roll , but she could n't make it to her feet with one shin-bone staring whitely at her through her pant-leg . |
| 20 | She could n't decipher it in the pitch black . |
| 21 | He was right , but she could n't leave him like this . |
| 22 | She could n't think what on earth to say . |
| 23 | For some reason , she could n't think what on earth to write to him . |
| 24 | It was such a good idea that she could n't think anything for a moment-as if someone else had suggested it to her , and she needed to digest it . |
| 25 | And she could n't do anything about Castelfonte , she could n't even get them to attempt making it profitable — she never understood about the land , that was n't in her blood . |
| 26 | She could n't do anything about it . |
| 27 | It was hard to believe that this was actually happening ; harder still to accept that she could n't do anything about it . |
| 28 | But , since she could n't do anything about the car situation until that wretched part had been delivered , should n't she concentrate her worries on what she could do something about ? |
| 29 | No , Zoe agreed , she could n't do anything about that . |
| 30 | She looked at him as though in understanding , but she could n't answer him for a moment for there were so many things whirling around in her mind : that doctor and her Emma … |